2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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2014 NCAA Division I
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Season 2014
Teams64
Finals site
Champions Vanderbilt Commodores  (1st title)
Runner-up Virginia Cavaliers (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Tim Corbin  (1st title)
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The 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, May 30, 2014 as part of the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 14, 2014, and ended on June 25, 2014 with the Vanderbilt Commodores upsetting the 3rd seed Virginia Cavaliers 3–2 in the decisive Game 3. [1] [2]

Contents

The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams. [3] A total of 31 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

Teams were divided into 16 regionals of four teams which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-3-game series that determined the 8 participants of the College World Series. [1]

Bids

Automatic bids

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conf)BerthLast NCAA appearance
Binghamton America East 25–25 (11–12) Tournament 2013 (Raleigh Regional)
Houston American 44–15 (14–9) Tournament 2008 (College Station Regional)
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 36–25 (14–16) Tournament 2013 (Nashville Regional)
Kennesaw State Atlantic Sun 37–21 (17–9) Tournament First appearance
George Mason Atlantic 10 34–20 (16–9) Tournament 2009 (Greenville Regional)
TCU Big 12 42–15 (17–7) Tournament 2012 (College Station Regional)
Xavier Big East 29–27 (8–10) Tournament 2009 (Houston Regional)
Campbell Big South 40–19 (18–8) Tournament 1990 (West I Regional)
Indiana Big Ten 42–13 (21–3) Tournament 2013 (Bloomington Regional)
Cal Poly Big West 45–10 (19–5)Regular Season 2013 (Los Angeles Regional)
College of Charleston Colonial 41–17 (15–6) Tournament 2012 (Gainesville Regional)
Rice Conference USA 41–18 (23–7) Tournament 2013 (Eugene Regional)
Youngstown State Horizon 16–36 (6–17) Tournament 2004 (Austin Regional)
Columbia Ivy League 29–18 (15–5) Championship Series 2013 (Fullerton Regional)
Siena Metro Atlantic 26–31 (17–7) Tournament 1999 (Winston-Salem Regional)
Kent State Mid-American 36–21 (16–11) Tournament 2012 (Gary Regional)
Bethune-Cookman Mid-Eastern 26–31 (14–10) Tournament 2012 (Gainesville Regional)
Dallas Baptist Missouri Valley 40–19 (14–7) Tournament 2012 (Waco Regional)
San Diego State Mountain West 42–19 (17–13) Tournament 2013 (Los Angeles Regional)
Bryant Northeast 42–14 (19–5) Tournament 2013 (Manhattan Regional)
Jacksonville State Ohio Valley 36–25 (18–12) Tournament 2010 (Auburn Regional)
Oregon State Pac-12 42–12 (23–7)Regular Season 2013 (Corvallis Regional)
Bucknell Patriot 30–19–1 (15–5) Tournament 2010 (Columbia Regional)
LSU Southeastern 44–14–1 (17–11–1) Tournament 2013 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Georgia Southern Southern 39–21 (15–12) Tournament 2011 (Columbia Regional)
Southeastern Louisiana Southland 37–23 (14–10) Tournament 1994 (South Regional)
Jackson State Southwestern Athletic 31–23 (9–15) Tournament 2013 (Baton Rouge Regional)
North Dakota State Summit 25–24 (9–12) Tournament 1956 (District 5)
Louisiana–Lafayette Sun Belt 53–7 (26–4) Tournament 2013 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Pepperdine West Coast 39–16 (18–9) Tournament 2012 (Palo Alto Regional)
Sacramento State Western Athletic 39–22 (21–6) Tournament First appearance

By conference

ConferenceTotalSchools
SEC10Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
ACC7Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia
Big 125Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
Pac-125Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington
Big West4Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, UC Irvine
American2Houston, Louisville
Big South2Campbell, Liberty
Big Ten2Indiana, Nebraska
Conference USA2Old Dominion, Rice
Missouri Valley2Dallas Baptist, Indiana State
Mountain West2San Diego State, UNLV
Southland2Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana
America East1Binghamton
Atlantic 101George Mason
Atlantic Sun1Kennesaw State
Big East1Xavier
Colonial1College of Charleston
Horizon1Youngstown State
Ivy1Columbia
MAAC1Siena
Mid-American1Kent State
MEAC1Bethune-Cookman
NEC1Bryant
Ohio Valley1Jacksonville State
Patriot1Bucknell
Southern1Georgia Southern
SWAC1Jackson State
Summit1North Dakota State
Sun Belt1Louisiana–Lafayette
WAC1Sacramento State
West Coast1Pepperdine

National seeds

The following eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round:

  1. Oregon State
  2. Florida
  3. Virginia
  4. Indiana
  5. Florida State
  6. Louisiana–Lafayette
  7. TCU
  8. LSU

Bold indicates College World Series participant
† indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament
‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner.

Stillwater Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Oregon State 2
4 North Dakota State 1
1 Oregon State 2
3 UC Irvine14
3 UC Irvine 10
2 UNLV 3
3 UC Irvine0 4
Corvallis Regional – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
1 Oregon State 42
4 North Dakota State 1
2 UNLV2
2 UNLV 1
1 Oregon State6
UC Irvine81
Oklahoma State 4 0
1 Oklahoma State 8
4 Binghamton 0
1 Oklahoma State13
3 Cal State Fullerton 7
3 Cal State Fullerton 5
2 Nebraska 1
1 Oklahoma State6
Stillwater Regional – Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
3 Cal State Fullerton 4
4 Binghamton 6
2 Nebraska8
2 Nebraska 3
3 Cal State Fullerton4

Austin Super Regional

Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch–Falk Field

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Rice 7
4 George Mason 2
1 Rice 2
2 Texas311
3 Texas A&M 1
2 Texas 8
2 Texas2 4
Houston Regional – Reckling Park
3 Texas A&M 31
4 George Mason 3
3 Texas A&M7
3 Texas A&M9
1 Rice 810
Texas44
Houston 2 0
1 LSU 8
4 Southeastern Louisiana 4
1 LSU5
2 Houston 1
3 Bryant 2
2 Houston 310
1 LSU 4 2
Baton Rouge Regional – Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field
2 Houston51112
4 Southeastern Louisiana2
3 Bryant 110
4 Southeastern Louisiana5
2 Houston9

Louisville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Florida State 0
4 Georgia Southern 7
4 Georgia Southern 5
3 Kennesaw State1311
3 Kennesaw State 1
2 Alabama 0
3 Kennesaw State1 4
Tallahassee Regional – Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
2 Alabama 42
1 Florida State 5
2 Alabama6
2 Alabama6
4 Georgia Southern 0
Kennesaw State 3 4
Louisville57
1 Louisville 5
4 Kent State 0
1 Louisville6
3 Kansas 3
3 Kansas 10
2 Kentucky 6
1 Louisville4
Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium
2 Kentucky 1
4 Kent State 2
2 Kentucky4
2 Kentucky8
3 Kansas 6

Nashville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Vanderbilt 11
4 Xavier 0
1 Vanderbilt7
2 Oregon 2
3 Clemson 1
2 Oregon 18
1 Vanderbilt3
Nashville Regional – Hawkins Field
2 Oregon 2
4 Xavier6
3 Clemson 4
4 Xavier 8
2 Oregon1110
Vanderbilt114 12
Stanford 6 55
1 Indiana 10
4 Youngstown State 2
1 Indiana4
3 Stanford 2
3 Stanford 8
2 Indiana State 1
1 Indiana 7 4
Bloomington Regional – Bart Kaufman Field
3 Stanford105
4 Youngstown State5
2 Indiana State 2
4 Youngstown State 4
3 Stanford12

Lubbock Super Regional

Hosted by Texas Tech at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Florida 2
4 College of Charleston 3
4 College of Charleston6
2 Long Beach State 3
3 North Carolina 1
2 Long Beach State 6
4 College of Charleston4
Gainesville Regional – Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
2 Long Beach State 2
1 Florida 2
3 North Carolina5
3 North Carolina 5
2 Long Beach State12
College of Charleston0 0
Texas Tech11
1 Miami (FL) 1
4 Bethune-Cookman 0
1 Miami (FL) 0
2 Texas Tech3
3 Columbia 2
2 Texas Tech 3
2 Texas Tech1 4
Coral Gables Regional – Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park
1 Miami (FL) 2100
4 Bethune-Cookman6
3 Columbia 5
4 Bethune-Cookman 0
1 Miami (FL)10

Fort Worth Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Cal Poly 4
4 Sacramento State 2
1 Cal Poly 1
3 Pepperdine2
3 Pepperdine 3
2 Arizona State 2
3 Pepperdine10
San Luis Obispo Regional – Baggett Stadium
1 Cal Poly 6
4 Sacramento State5
2 Arizona State 4
4 Sacramento State 5
1 Cal Poly6
Pepperdine 2 35
7 TCU32 6
1 TCU 2
4 Siena 111
1 TCU3
3 Sam Houston State 222
3 Sam Houston State 2
2 Dallas Baptist 1
1 TCU6
Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
3 Sam Houston State 1
4 Siena9
2 Dallas Baptist 810
4 Siena 2
3 Sam Houston State9

Lafayette Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Louisiana–Lafayette 0
4 Jackson State 1
4 Jackson State 1
2 Mississippi State3
3 San Diego State 2
2 Mississippi State 5
2 Mississippi State 8 3
Lafayette Regional – M.L. Tigue Moore Field
1 Louisiana–Lafayette145
1 Louisiana–Lafayette9
3 San Diego State 2
1 Louisiana–Lafayette11
4 Jackson State 1
6 Louisiana–Lafayette92 4
Ole Miss5 510
1 Ole Miss 12
4 Jacksonville State 2
1 Ole Miss2
2 Washington 1
3 Georgia Tech 0
2 Washington 8
1 Ole Miss3
Oxford Regional – Swayze Field
2 Washington 210
4 Jacksonville State 2
3 Georgia Tech4
3 Georgia Tech 2
2 Washington4

Charlottesville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 South Carolina 5
4 Campbell 2
1 South Carolina 3
2 Maryland4
3 Old Dominion 3
2 Maryland 4
2 Maryland10
Columbia Regional – Carolina Stadium
1 South Carolina 1
4 Campbell4
3 Old Dominion 112
4 Campbell 0
1 South Carolina9
Maryland 53 2
3 Virginia4 711
1 Virginia 10
4 Bucknell 1
1 Virginia3
2 Arkansas 0
3 Liberty 2
2 Arkansas 3
1 Virginia9
Charlottesville Regional – Davenport Field
2 Arkansas 2
4 Bucknell5
3 Liberty 2
4 Bucknell 0
2 Arkansas10

College World Series

The 2014 College World Series began on June 14, 2014 and was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. It concluded on June 25, 2014 with Vanderbilt winning the national championship by defeating Virginia 2 games to 1 in the final round. [2]

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conference)Head CoachPrevious CWS AppearancesBest CWS FinishCWS Record
Not including this year
Louisville American 50–15 (19–5) Dan McDonnell 2
(last: 2013)
5th
(2007)
1–4
Ole Miss SEC 46–19 (19–11) Mike Bianco 4
(last: 1972)
4th
(1956)
3–8
TCU Big 12 47–16 (17–7) Jim Schlossnagle 1
(2010)
3rd
(2010)
3–2
Texas Big 12 43–19 (13–11) Augie Garrido 34
(last: 2011)
1st
(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005)
82–57
Texas Tech Big 12 45–19 (14–10) Tim Tadlock nonenone0–0
UC Irvine Big West 40–23 (15–9) Mike Gillespie 1
(2007)
3rd
(2007)
2–2
Vanderbilt SEC 46–19 (17–13) Tim Corbin 1
(2011)
3rd
(2011)
2–2
Virginia ACC 49–14 (22–8) Brian O'Connor 2
(last: 2011)
3rd
(2011)
3–4

Bracket

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.

First round Second round Semifinals Final
               
UC Irvine 3
Texas 1
UC Irvine 4
Vanderbilt6
Louisville 3
Vanderbilt 5
Vanderbilt0 4
Texas 4310
Texas4
Louisville 1
Texas1
UC Irvine 0
Vanderbilt92 3
3 Virginia 8 72
Texas Tech 2
7 TCU 3
7 TCU 2
3 Virginia315
Ole Miss 1
3 Virginia 2
3 Virginia4
Ole Miss 1
Texas Tech 1
Ole Miss2
Ole Miss6
7 TCU 4

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserWinning PitcherLosing PitcherSaving PitcherNotes
June 14Game 1 UC Irvine 3–1 Texas Evan BrockNathan Thornhill
Game 2 Vanderbilt 5–3 Louisville Carson Fulmer Kyle Funkhouser Adam Ravenelle
June 15Game 3 TCU 3–2 Texas Tech Riley Ferrell Jonny Drozd
Game 4 Virginia 2–1 Ole Miss Artie LewickiAaron Greenwood
June 16Game 5 Texas 4–1 Louisville Parker FrenchAnthony KidstonTravis Duke Louisville eliminated
Game 6 Vanderbilt 6–4 UC Irvine Walker Buehler Elliot Surrey
June 17Game 7 Ole Miss 2–1 Texas Tech Scott WeathersbyCameron Smith Texas Tech eliminated
Game 8 Virginia 3–2 (15) TCU Artie LewickiTrey TeakellLongest game in College World Series history
June 18Game 9 Texas 1–0 UC Irvine Chad HollingsworthEvan ManarinoTravis Duke UC Irvine eliminated
June 19Game 10 Ole Miss 6–4 TCU Josh LaxerJordan KipperAaron Greenwood TCU eliminated
June 20Game 11 Texas 4–0 Vanderbilt Nathan ThornhillTyler Ferguson
June 20/21 [a] Game 12 Virginia 4–1 Ole Miss Josh Sborz Chris Ellis Nick Howard Ole Miss eliminated
June 21Game 13 Vanderbilt 4–3 (10) Texas Hayden StoneJohn Curtiss Texas eliminated
June 23Final Game 1 Vanderbilt 9–8 Virginia Jared Miller Nathan Kirby Adam Ravenelle
June 24Final Game 2 Virginia 7–2 Vanderbilt Brandon Waddell Tyler Beede
June 25Final Game 3 Vanderbilt 3–2 Virginia Hayden Stone Nick Howard Adam Ravenelle Vanderbilt wins College World Series
^[a] Game began Friday night at 7:00 pm CT. A rain delay occurred at 7:32 pm. The game was suspended at 9:05 pm and resumed Saturday at 2:02 pm. [4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. [5]

PositionPlayerSchool
PArtie LewickiVirginia
Brandon Waddell Virginia
1B Kevin Cron Texas Christian
2BBranden CogswellVirginia
3BTyler CampbellVanderbilt
SSC. J. HinojosaTexas
CNate IrvingVirginia
OFBrandon DownesVirginia
John NorwoodVanderbilt
Rhett Wiseman Vanderbilt
DH Dansby Swanson Vanderbilt
MOP Dansby Swanson Vanderbilt

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

PlaceSchoolRecord
1stVanderbilt10–3
2nd#3 Virginia9–3
3rdOle Miss7–3
Texas8–3
5th#7 TCU6–3
UC Irvine6–3
7thLouisville5–2
Texas Tech5–3
9thCollege of Charleston3–2
Houston4–3
Kennesaw State3–3
#6 Louisiana–Lafayette5–3
Maryland4–2
Oklahoma State3–2
Pepperdine4–2
Stanford5–3
17thAlabama3–2
Arkansas2–2
Cal Poly2–2
Cal State Fullerton2–2
#4 Indiana2–2
Kentucky2–2
Long Beach State2–2
#8 LSU2–2
Miami (FL)3–2
Mississippi State2–2
Oregon2–2
#1 Oregon State3–2
Sam Houston State2–2
South Carolina2–2
Texas A&M3–2
Washington2–2
33rdBethune-Cookman1–2
Bucknell1–2
Campbell1–2
Georgia Southern1–2
Georgia Tech1–2
Jackson State1–2
Kansas1–2
Nebraska1–2
North Carolina1–2
Rice1–2
Sacramento State1–2
Siena1–2
Southeastern Louisiana1–2
UNLV1–2
Xavier1–2
Youngstown State1–2
49thArizona State0–2
Binghamton0–2
Bryant0–2
Clemson0–2
Columbia0–2
Dallas Baptist0–2
#2 Florida0–2
#5 Florida State0–2
George Mason0–2
Indiana State0–2
Jacksonville State0–2
Kent State0–2
Liberty0–2
North Dakota State0–2
Old Dominion0–2
San Diego State0–2

Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %RFSRWSNSCSNC
Southeastern 1033–22.600922211
Atlantic Coast 718–15.54532111
Big 12 523–13.6394431
American 29–5.643221
Big West 412–9.571411
Pac-12 512–11.52241
West Coast 14–2.66711
Sun Belt 15–3.62511
Colonial 13–2.60011
Atl Sun 13–3.50011
Big Ten 23–4.4291
Southland 23–4.4291
Big South 21–4.200
Conference USA 21–4.200
Mountain West 21–4.200
Missouri Valley 20–4.000
Other158–30.211

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

Media coverage

Radio

NRG Media, in conjunction with Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series, which was streamed online at westwoodonesports.com. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Sharp acting as the field reporter. [6]

Television

ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3). ESPN also provided Bases Loaded coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Dari Nowkhah and Matt Schick with Kyle Peterson and Mike Rooney providing analysis. Bases Loaded aired Friday and Saturday from 2:00 pm–midnight ET, Sunday from 2:00 pm–1:00 am ET, and Monday from 6:00 pm–1:00 am ET on ESPN3. ESPN2 and ESPNU aired Bases Loaded in between games and throughout other select times during the tournament. [7]

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